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The Absent-Minded Professor

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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Synopsis:
A distracted professor invents an anti-gravity goo called Flubber that makes anything it's applied to lighter-than-air, including the family flivver and the balls at the school's basketball game. MacMurray couldn't be better in patented Disney fare. Sequel is Son of Flubber. Academy... [More]
A distracted professor invents an anti-gravity goo called Flubber that makes anything it's applied to lighter-than-air, including the family flivver and the balls at the school's basketball game. MacMurray couldn't be better in patented Disney fare. Sequel is Son of Flubber. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography (though the film later was colorized). [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames

Director: Robert Stevenson
Producer: Walt Disney
Screenwriter: Bill Walsh
Composer: George Bruns

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 11, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed Widescreen - 1.66

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound - English

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Goofy comedy classic.

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06/05/04 03:25 AM
Rich Cline
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This is a zanily inventive piece of work, with delightful special effects, which set the style for a long series of live-action Disney films.

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06/04/07 06:42 PM
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MacMurray is ideally cast as the car-hopping prof, and plays the role with warmth and gusto.

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06/04/07 06:41 PM
Variety
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Disney produces a goofy lightweight Mack Sennett-like family comedy fantasy film that's joyfully directed by Robert Stevenson.

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02/11/07 07:33 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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No review available.

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07/22/05 12:53 PM
Emanuel Levy
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One of Disney's milestone live-action films.

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03/26/05 06:01 AM
James Plath
Reel.com
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10/21/04 04:07 AM
Mark R. Leeper
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Tepid live action Disney.

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06/26/04 03:15 PM
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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06/23/04 06:51 PM
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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Classic Disney, classic MacMurry.

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09/22/03 06:38 AM
Kevin A. Ranson
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Fun!

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08/01/03 07:25 AM
Moira Sullivan
FilmFestivals.com
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Enjoyable Disney effects comedy with good cast.

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02/02/03 09:39 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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No review available.

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11/26/02 09:47 PM
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)
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10/17/02 04:09 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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08/29/02 08:46 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Disney life-action for the simple-minded.

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08/12/02 11:29 PM
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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07/26/02 06:44 PM
David Poland
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Dated and silly, but still good family fun.

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07/26/02 12:15 AM
Scott Weinberg
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The original's simple humor looks remarkably tired compared with the story's energetic and much more inventive remake.

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08/01/01 04:16 PM
Steve Rhodes
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